Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha national spokesperson Shishir Chaturvedi was put under house arrest ahead of a planned demonstration in support of controversial Hyderabad MLA Raja Singh here on Friday. Chaturvedi along with workers of the right wing group was planning to hold a demonstration in Lucknow to extend support to Singh, who was suspended by […]
Anurag Sharma, Member of Parliament from the Jhansi-Lalitpur parliamentary constituency, has been elected as the International Treasurer of the Parliamentary Association Conference (CPA) at the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Halifax, Canada. He will now be on the main Executive Council. The election of Sharma made him the second Indian office-bearer in the world’s […]
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition against the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to deny sanction to prosecute chief minister Yogi Adityanath in an alleged 2007 hate speech case. In his petition, Parvez Parwaz challenged the Allahabad High Court’s decision to uphold the government’s decision of not giving permission to prosecute Yogi for allegedly making […]
United States Deputy Secretary of Treasury Wally Adeyemo travelled to Mumbai on a two-day visit to meet representatives of the private sector. He also met Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das during his visit. They discussed global economic developments and the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership. The visit came in the backdrop of […]
Anurag Sharma, Member of Parliament from Jhansi-Lalitpur, will represent the country in the 35-member committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference that is being held in Halifax, Canada from August 20 to 26, 2022. Sharma has also been included in the internationally constituted 35-member committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. […]
AMG Media Networks Limited, the media arm of the Adani Group, on Tuesday announced to acquire 29.18 per cent stake indirectly in New Delhi Television Network (NDTV). In a statement, the Adani Group said that AMG Media Networks’ wholly owned subsidiary Vishvapradhan Commercial Private Limited (VCPL) will acquire a 99.99 per cent stake in RRPR […]
With an aim to further reduce crimes related to drugs, the Uttar Pradesh government has set up an “Anti-Narcotics Task Force” (ANTF) to check the illegal trade of narcotics substances in the state. The task force will operate under the supervision of the additional director general of police (crime). Narcotics police stations will be established […]
India’s head coach Rahul Dravid has tested positive for COVID-19 and has not travelled with the team to Dubai for the Asia Cup. He is kept under supervision and will join the team once he recuperates. “Team India Head Coach Rahul Dravid has tested positive for COVID-19 in a routine test conducted ahead of the […]
Haryana BJP leader and actress Sonali Phogat died of heart attack at the age of 42 years in Goa on Tuesday morning. She was rushed to a hospital in Goa where she passed away, his brother Vatan confirmed. Phogat had contested the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections from Adampur constituency against Kuldeep Bishnoi, who was in […]
Aditya Yadav, the president of the UP unit of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), received a rousing welcome at several places in Lucknow on Sunday after being elected as the director of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). Aditya is the son of PSP (Lohia) chief Shivpal Yadav. He heads the Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative […]